The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole Paperback Book 9780140437676

With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.

Pages: 208 Year of Publication: 2001 Classification: Media > Books > Print Books > Biographical fiction Weight: 280 g Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Package Dimension Length: 19 cm Package Dimension Width: 17.9 cm Package Dimension Height: 1.3 cm ISBN: 9780140437676